Word: lot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...become our first real television President. People always said that about Kennedy, but they were wrong. Kennedy was a man of words. I don't think Carter does very well with words. That fireside chat he held wearing a sweater was more than a stunt. It said a lot of things to a lot of people: we'll have to dress more warmly from now on, use less fuel and just be colder in general. He could have made 15 speeches and not made the point as well...
...Carter is righting with Congress the same way Ford did, and he has ended up being saddled with a stimulus package that is unbalanced. There is virtually nothing in it for the middle class. The only across-the-board benefit would have been the $50 rebate. Carter spent a lot of political capital in trying to get it, and then lost face by abandoning it. It hasn't been an auspicious beginning...
CASE FOR CONSERVATION. Simply because the U.S. uses so much energy, it can also save a lot. But conservation is often very expensive, especially when large plants must be converted to different fuels or "retrofitted" with more efficient equipment. There also are limits beyond which conservation would become a debilitating brake on the nation's economic activity...
Personal as the story he is telling may be, what separates this film from Allen's own past work and most other recent comedy is its general believability. His central figures and all who cross their paths are recognizable contemporary types. Most of us have even shared a lot of their fantasies. Their world, however cockeyed, is our world. Without abandoning the private demi-demons that have been the basis of his past comic success, Allen has fashioned broad new connections with his audience. Ironically, his most personal film may turn out to have the widest appeal...
...this approach has disarmed communities that initially objected to a McDonald's in the neighborhood. In general, says President Schmitt, "we used to think you needed 50,000 people to support a McDonald's, but now we're discovering that you can do it with a lot fewer." How few? To find out, this summer McDonald's will open a shop in Gibson City...